Recruiting Operations Lead – Early Career & Campus

Recruiting Operations Lead-Early Careers & Campus

Location:

New York City, 3 days a week in the office

Hours:

40 hours per week full time

Job type:

Permanent

Global, inclusive and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent connects across cultures and backgrounds to shape the future of work.

We work with leading organisations to design and deliver talent strategies that bring together people, process, data and technology, helping millions of people find meaningful work every year. Our diverse, connected community collaborates to create results for clients and opportunities for our people to learn, grow and make an impact.

At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking.

We recognize that great talent isn’t defined by titles but by skills and mindset.

At AMS, we’re looking for people who bring more than experience - they bring capability, curiosity, and the drive to contribute and grow with the team. If you’re skilled in campus recruiting, project management, process improvement, data analytics, and automation. and excited to progress your career, this role could be your next step.

The successful candidate will act as the operational engine behind the team—combining campus recruiting expertise, continuous improvement, analytics, project management, and automation capabilities to transform manual processes into scalable, technology-enabled ways of working while maintaining strong governance and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, workflows, controls, and governance.
• Lead process mapping, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Design and implement scalable operating procedures, playbooks, and best practices.
• Evaluate existing ways of working and recommend solutions that improve quality, speed, consistency, and stakeholder experience.
• Establish and monitor operational KPIs and performance metrics.
• Drive operational excellence across large-scale campus recruiting programs.

Process Automation & Workflow Optimization

• Identify manual, repetitive, and time-intensive recruiting and operational processes.
• Design and implement practical automation solutions using existing business tools and technologies.
• Leverage Excel, Power Query, Power Automate, Copilot, AI tools, and workflow redesign techniques to reduce manual effort.
• Create scalable processes that improve efficiency without requiring enterprise-level technology development.
• Automate reporting, data validation, audit checks, candidate tracking, and operational workflows where appropriate.
• Develop solutions that balance efficiency gains with strong governance and risk controls.
• Track and communicate measurable efficiency improvements, time savings, and operational impact.

Project & Change Management

• Lead operational and transformation projects supporting campus recruiting delivery and strategic initiatives.
• Develop project plans, timelines, risk assessments, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate implementation of new tools, processes, and operating models.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to successfully embed change and drive adoption.
• Manage competing priorities across multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Data Analytics & Reporting

• Create and maintain advanced Excel-based reporting and dashboards.
• Utilize Power Query to automate data collection, transformation, and reporting.
• Analyze recruiting, operational, and performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Deliver executive-ready reporting and business insights to stakeholders and leadership.
• Establish robust data management, validation, and quality control processes.

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